Breakdown of СНГ не сделало никакого выбора.
не
not
выбор
choice
сделать
to do (perfective) / to make (perfective)
никакой
not any / no kind of
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Questions & Answers about СНГ не сделало никакого выбора.
Why is the verb сделало in the neuter form if СНГ is an acronym?
To find the gender of an indeclinable acronym, you look at its main word. СНГ stands for Содружество Независимых Государств (Commonwealth of Independent States). The head noun here is Содружество (Commonwealth), which is neuter. Therefore, the acronym is treated as neuter, and the past tense verb takes the neuter ending in сделало.
How is the acronym СНГ pronounced when reading this sentence out loud?
It is pronounced by its individual letter names: эс-эн-гэ. Because it is an initialism made of consonants, you read out each letter exactly as it sounds in the Russian alphabet.
Why is it никакого выбора instead of the accusative никакой выбор?
This is the genitive of negation. When a verb is negated (like не сделало), its direct object often takes the genitive case. Furthermore, using a negative pronoun like никакого before the object makes the genitive case mandatory for the noun выбора.
Why are there two negatives (не and никакого) in this sentence?
Russian grammar requires a double negative. Whenever you use a negative word like никакой (no/any) in a clause, you must also negate the verb with не. Literally, this translates to 'did not make no choice'.
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